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12-11-2012, 04:46 PM
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My guess is that you will wind up using the PTE cams then. Regrinding stock cams, and therefore reducing the base circle, is going to require a way to compensate for the increased valve lash.
Definitely put her on a diet. Less weight= less breakage.
I can't justify paying $2500 for brake rotors, but with all the money you've spent to get this far, it would be a smart move.
Speaking of weight, to you get my reply to your text about the skinnies?
Definitely put her on a diet. Less weight= less breakage.
I can't justify paying $2500 for brake rotors, but with all the money you've spent to get this far, it would be a smart move.
Speaking of weight, to you get my reply to your text about the skinnies?
Headers will be a custom built set. I'm waiting to see what we come up with for a cam profile. I've got the stock cams as well as the PTE cams out being measured so hopefully either he thinks the PTE cams will be fine or they can design something off the stock cams. I've thought about running a set of stock cams but the heads will work better with more aggressive cams for my application. I know the biggest thing will be getting the car on a diet. The goal is to get down to somewhere around 4100lbs and the first time out I'm dropping exhaust,seats,battery,lighter rotors hopefully and hiring a 115lb jockey to drive it 
12-11-2012, 05:10 PM
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My guess is that you will wind up using the PTE cams then. Regrinding stock cams, and therefore reducing the base circle, is going to require a way to compensate for the increased valve lash.
Definitely put her on a diet. Less weight= less breakage.
I can't justify paying $2500 for brake rotors, but with all the money you've spent to get this far, it would be a smart move.
Speaking of weight, to you get my reply to your text about the skinnies?
Definitely put her on a diet. Less weight= less breakage.
I can't justify paying $2500 for brake rotors, but with all the money you've spent to get this far, it would be a smart move.
Speaking of weight, to you get my reply to your text about the skinnies?
12-13-2012, 03:55 PM
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Cut a stock intercooler apart to figure out what i want to do with it. I have another at a buddies shop that does custom fabrication and builds Pro Mods so we are going to try his design on one and my design/idea on this one. The other intercooler is one that didn't fit so i got some spacers from Pat at PTE and went ahead and ground off the high spots on the head to see if i can gain some room and make it fit.
12-14-2012, 10:38 AM
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Good news, I have 2 of my 5 blocks completed now and waiting on them to ship to me. I also had to switch gears twice and just drop in a stock bore block with Mahle forged pistons to get by. Nice thing, these engines come out and go in easy, so this one will come out soon as well.
4100 lb race weight will be nice. I will be happy at 4250 lbs and everyone knows my wife is the 115lb jockey mod.,,, if and when she is needed
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12-14-2012, 10:46 AM
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Yes, it has been a long wait, as you know. I contacted Darton at SEMA in November 2011 to sell them on making these sleeves and made a large commitment to them to start the project. I donated a free block so the sleeves could be designed, CNC programs created and molds built. I thought it would take 6 months per their information but here we are at a frickin year now!
Good news, I have 2 of my 5 blocks completed now and waiting on them to ship to me. I also had to switch gears twice and just drop in a stock bore block with Mahle forged pistons to get by. Nice thing, these engines come out and go in easy, so this one will come out soon as well.
4100 lb race weight will be nice. I will be happy at 4250 lbs and everyone knows my wife is the 115lb jockey mod.,,, if and when she is needed
Good news, I have 2 of my 5 blocks completed now and waiting on them to ship to me. I also had to switch gears twice and just drop in a stock bore block with Mahle forged pistons to get by. Nice thing, these engines come out and go in easy, so this one will come out soon as well.
4100 lb race weight will be nice. I will be happy at 4250 lbs and everyone knows my wife is the 115lb jockey mod.,,, if and when she is needed
12-17-2012, 05:49 PM
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Time for a small update. Darton sent the sleeves to be installed and it looks like i will be staying with a stock size bore and possibly .5mm under bore. The stock bore is a 97mm and darton says the max bore would be at a 98mm so in the event of something breaking and tearing up a cylinder wall i wouldn't have a lot of room left. I did the math and a 98mm bore would add just over 7 cubic inches and its just not worth it to me. The pistons will be ready around the first week of January and the Rod's will be sometime in February so that sucks. I've set tomorrow afternoon aside to get used to TIG welding again and then its on to trying my idea on the intercooler and my buddy will try his on the other one. Looks like things are starting to come together finally.....
12-17-2012, 08:39 PM
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We looked at custom head gaskets, but that was 9 months ago when we thought it was a 3 month darton sleeve build, so those are way off my brain right now.
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12-17-2012, 09:35 PM
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Cometic has a stock style gasket so when I get the block finished ill do a trace over and send that to them so they can add the water passages. I'm pretty sure I'll have gaskets before I have rods. Getting the main cap bolts tomorrow so I can measure and have ARP make me some studs for the main caps 
12-21-2012, 11:09 PM
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They are Prostars. Don't know how they will fit yet but for the price you can't go wrong. I was going to get some one off Weld Alumastar 2.0's but I'd have well over $2000 in them and I'd rather out that towards something else.
12-21-2012, 11:13 PM
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12-31-2012, 08:19 AM
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small update. Took my blower apart to find out there was something ingested by it at some point. I got stuck and ate into the case and rotors but we didn't find anything at all in the intercooler. The intercooler tanks are all finished and welded up/fitted to make sure they fit with no problems.
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12-31-2012, 11:27 AM
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I'm going to do some things to it that i think we help get some extra air in and some extra air out hopefully.
